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somewhere a DNC supercomputer that was crunching big data for weeks and just generated the same image to depict the projected ideal democratic candidate
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That is certainly one way to interpret those events.
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When the judge actually listens to you and raises bail on your violent ex to $2.5m instead of $250k, so he doesn’t get out and kill you in a school parking lot.
That is certainly one way to interpret those events.
Yeah man, Amazon is the best
Amazon: Pretty good retailer, a driving force for efficiency and convenience gains enjoyed by consumers from a wide range of companies recently.
Corporate welfare subsidies: Bad.
AOC: Right that corporate welfare subsidies are bad and right to oppose $1.5 billion (or $3B depending on which article I'm reading) in handouts for Amazon.
Also AOC: Probably exaggerating that this is 'vindication' since it isn't as if they are headquartering there or creating anywhere near as many jobs as they would have previously.
Me: I kinda hope that AOC's messaging here wins even if I don't think it's completely justified because I'd like cities and states to stop giving away taxpayer dollars to lure huge corporations to their locale.
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She’s also not getting the all infrastructure and construction/support jobs. And the school. And the mass transit improvements. And the tax revenue from the other 23,500 jobs. Instead Amazon will put people into a shiny new space in midtown where they won’t need to ever go near or spend a dollar LIC.
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McParadigm wrote:
Bammer wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
Caption this photo
When the judge actually listens to you and raises bail on your violent ex to $2.5m instead of $250k, so he doesn’t get out and kill you in a school parking lot.
that guy died, McParadigm.
also turns out I know the judge in question...
4/5 wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
That is certainly one way to interpret those events.
Yeah man, Amazon is the best
Amazon: Pretty good retailer, a driving force for efficiency and convenience gains enjoyed by consumers from a wide range of companies recently.
Corporate welfare subsidies: Bad.
AOC: Right that corporate welfare subsidies are bad and right to oppose $1.5 billion (or $3B depending on which article I'm reading) in handouts for Amazon.
Also AOC: Probably exaggerating that this is 'vindication' since it isn't as if they are headquartering there or creating anywhere near as many jobs as they would have previously.
Me: I kinda hope that AOC's messaging here wins even if I don't think it's completely justified because I'd like cities and states to stop giving away taxpayer dollars to lure huge corporations to their locale.
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i don't think municipalities should 'give' money to big corporations or to sports franchises to build stadiums.
but if a big corporation is choosing between locations and one municipality is willing to offer them a 'discount' on their tax rate so as to lure them to their town, i have no problem with that if there remain a significant net positive for the municipality (e.g. tens of thousands of jobs).
The New York Post, which is representative of extreme conservatives, says essentially that New York "gave Amazon $1 billion." Their argument is factually baseless. New York State and New York City gave Amazon nothing. Amazon, by our current tax structure, would generate approximately $1 billion per year in new revenue. Our proposal offered that, when and if those revenues are realized, the government would effectively reduce their $1 billion payment by about $100 million for a net to New York of approximately $900 million. New York doesn't give Amazon $100 million. Amazon gives New York $900 million. The revenue is from state and city taxes, including income taxes [in New York State and New York City: one of the highest rates in the country] with the second highest millionaire's tax in the country (only California is higher).
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